"Well, there's the answer right before you," laughed Max; and as they stared in the direction their leader was pointing, the balance of the little party saw what seemed to be the "cutest" little cabin fashioned from sawn logs, and nestling in a happy fashion directly under the clustering pines and hemlocks, that hung over it most protectingly, as though with the intention of keeping the winter snows from weighing down the sloping roof.

Pearl stood beside Mrs. Paine, protectingly.

"Well, never mind!" said he, kneeling beside her, and drawing one small arm protectingly about her, "we shall always have each other left, you know,nobody shall ever take you away from me.

nodded Small Porges, sitting down, the better to get his arm protectingly about her, while Anthea stooped to kiss the top of his curly head.

She patted his shoulder protectingly, and his curly hair, and said: "You just call me ''Lizebeth', and if you want to ask anything, then come into the kitchen, and I will tell you everything you want to know andwait a moment!"

By her side stood Rosen Blumen, holding in one hand a gilded pole surmounted by a liberty-cap, while her other hand rested protectingly on the head of Tulee's Benny, who was kneeling and looking upward in thanksgiving.

The great pines hovered over it protectingly; their branches caressing its roof as they waved gently to and fro in the light breeze.

Phebe folded her arms protectingly around him, and looked up appealingly at the tall, slender figure approaching.

The mantel stood behind Margaret's chair; and over her golden head, half-protectingly, half-threateningly, with his wings outstretched to the uttermost, the Eagle brooded as he had once brooded over Frederick R. Woods.

In the moonlightbut I think I have mentioned how Margaret looked in the moonlight; and above her golden head the Eagle, sculptured over the door-way, stretched his wings to the uttermost, half-protectingly, half-threateningly, and seemed to view Mr. Jukesbury with a certain air of expectation.

To complete it, she seated herself by the side of the little chair, and protectingly drew under her arm the spare hand that crept up to her.

In the moment when the first fold of the clod-mantle, that trails about us all at the last, fell protectingly over her, I was in that condition of superlative misery that cries out for something to the very welkin that sends down such harsh hardness; and I hurried my eyes out of the open grave, only to find them again arrested by the same soul that had stood beside Doctor Percival and Alice in her death.

He loved her tenderly, protectingly, longed to shield her by his own might from all griefs, troubles and petty annoyances, to guard her day and night, lest any rough, unlovely or unseemly thing press near her shining sphere.

"No, no, Jimmy," he said, pleadingly, holding the chicken protectingly.

He sat on the bed beside her, put his arm around her as he would around Katie or Worth, holding her tenderly, protectingly, soothingly, his own face white, biting his lips.

Then he would make her care for him by caring for hercaring for her protectingly, tenderly, surrounding her with that sea of tenderness that was in his heart for her.

She came forward and took her place protectingly beside her new playmate, scowling at her aunt.

The pile was a man crumpled down; across it, her skeleton arms thrown about it protectingly, was a woman.

" Hans rubbed his stomach protectingly.

Then, from behind the door he had opened, a staggering blow was dealt him, and, before he could recover, or had done more than blindly crook one arm protectingly before his face, he was borne heavily to the floor, writhing in a grasp that centered all its crushing power about his throat.

"He's him," said Winona, and laid an arm protectingly across his shoulder.

She looked around at her son, her left hand fell protectingly upon his shoulder, her right, groping, touched her husband's sleeve.

" "Fifty-seven," snapped Mrs. Brewster sharply, protectingly.

He reined in protectingly between her and the approaching Jack, and spoke soothingly because of her apparent need.

As his father and she stood side by side (he being too frail to take that chill morning ride with his son) he waved his hand protectingly after him, crying out: "He is a good boy."